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Orbra Eve now available
Orbra are out with the Eve. It is a dualSIM, 5-inch 1920 x 1080 pixel display Android 4.2.1 smartphone and powered by a 1.5 GHz quad core processor. Orbra plans a software update soon to bring it up...
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Did you know that these things affect your smartphone signal?
You are probably already aware that your network operator is a factor in the signal quality that you get on your smartphone. However, a study from Strand shows that the quality of your smartphone...
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The Gionee M2 arrives MOBILITY.ng!
The Gionee M2 is a DualSIM 1.3 GHz quad-core, Android 4.2.2 Jelly Bean smartphone. It has 1 GB RAM. The display is 5 inches in size and of 480×854 pixel reolution. There is an 8 megapixel rear camera,...
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Configuration settings: Using a Smile SIM in your phone/tablet
Some of our readers have asked if I have the configuration settings for using a Smile 4G/LTE SIM in a smartphone or tablet for data (Smile does not offer voice calls or SMS; just broadband internet)....
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Smartphone Data Privacy: the red pill or the blue pill?
America has had a monopoly of the cloud with regards mobile computing and consequently of having access to user data. Google, Facebook, Twitter, Apple and others all did it. They sniffed though your...
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The first ever Smartphone is two decades old
Many people wouldn’t know this but, according to BBC the IBM Simmon is the world’s first ever smartphone and it’s twenty years birthday was recently celebrated a few days back. The IBM Simmon which...
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A Smart Phone For Everyone, from Etisalat!
All Etisalat customers can now purchase a 3G smartphone for as low as N6,000 from any Etisalat Experience Centre nationwide. Etisalat disclosed that every purchase made will earn subscribers the...
View ArticleVideo Review: Samsung Galaxy K Zoom
The Samsung Galaxy K Zoom (specs here) is a quad-core, Android Kitkat smartphone packing a 21 megapixel camera and Xenon flash. I have already published a handful of posts showing off its imaging...
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Mister Mo Speaks Up: “I’m proud to be a polygamist”
It has been a long road since 2001 when I got my first mobile phone, Motorola T2288. That was a different world then from what we now live in. It was a world of candy-bar phones with hardware keys and...
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Xiaomi takes 3; further punctures the US smartphone market myth
From 5th place globally in August, Xiaomi has further grown to now occupy the 3rd place in the global smartphone market. In three months. And without leaving Asia. Tell me again about smartphone...
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Why a phone and tablet combination may work better than a single device
I love the convenience if carrying only one device around. Personally, I would rather carry around one smartphone with a large display and very good battery life. That works for me. However, it does...
View ArticleNokia-branded Android phone on the way?
Yesterday, rumour-ville had it that another Nokia-branded Android device, this time a smartphone, was in the works. Named C1, the 5-inch display smartphone would supposedly run Android Lollipop, and be...
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Something about this virus notice is wrong
Look at the following screenshot: it shows a virus scare that popped up while I was browsing and visited a particular website on my phone the other day: Something is wrong with the notice. Look at it...
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2014: Lammy’s year of Android OS
Okay, people! Compliments of the season to you all. It’s been a long while here on Mobility Arena (Congrats to Moverick and the Mobility gang on the name change). I rocked Android OS a great deal this...
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Gfive President Tango 7 Specifications
Technology GSM: 850, 900, 1800, 1900 MHz 3G: 900 MHz, 2100 MHz 4G: No SIM Type: Dual-SIM OS: Android 4.4 Kitkat Design Dimensions: Unspecified Weight: Unspecified Display: 5.5 inches, 720 x 1080 pixel...
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Using a flip case with your smartphone
I am not a fan of flip cases or any type of cases for phones. I prefer my phones naked in all their glory. Why hide those beautiful designs behind a layer of leather or plastic or whatever? Yes; I...
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Bad news: Samsung now 5th in world’s largest mobile market
IDC reports on the Chinese smartphone market for the last quarter of 2014, and the figures are not looking good for Samsung. The OEM has dropped from 18.8% in Q4 2013 to 7.9% in Q4 2014. Here is the...
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Hands-on Photos of the BQ Aquaris E4.5 Ubuntu Edition
One of our most active mobilistas, Noni, ordered on the Aquaris E4.5 Ubuntu Edition. It arrived yesterday and she has been nice to send me photos of the device. Enjoy! – Editor Here is a shot of the...
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Weekend Rant: Must you use a premium device?
Shout out to all those that have smart phones and use them just for making calls and sending texts. I bring you greetings from the gods of mobile, and they promise to exchange it with a Nokia...
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Nokia denies reports they’re going back to making mobile phones
About a week ago, news spread all over the internet that Nokia will be back with a bang next year making smart phones. They released the Nokia N1 tablet by just covering the design , and outsourcing...
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